On the seventh day of the twelfth lunar month of the 35th year of Jiajing, it is an auspicious day of the zodiac.

Although it is still early to celebrate the New Year, there is a busy scene in Shaoxing City with lights and colorful lights, and its liveliness is no less than that of the New Year.

But unlike the popular festivals like the New Year, the whole city is dispatched today, just for the pride of the elders of Shaoxing. The current Suzhou Tongzhi and Jiangnan Maritime Mansion Tingju, who won six yuan in a row, was silent and muscular, and wanted to win the eldest daughter of the Yin family as his wife today!

And it was the emperor who gave him a fake marriage! It has been more than 170 years since the founding of the country, and this is the second time! In the eyes of the Shaoxing elders, all Shaoxing people are honored! They are willing to personally participate in this grand wedding destined to be written into history!

Since the emperor gave him a leave of absence, Shaoxing Prefecture and his subordinate counties had to mobilize them together and prepare for it a few days ago. Someone asked, isn’t it just a marriage? Why do we mobilize so many people? Because there are too many people coming to congratulate us...

Let’s talk about the officials in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. From the Governor Hu Zongxian and Zhejiang Governor Ruan E, twenty-one prefects came, and as for the county magistrate, there were more than 150 people. In addition, more than 20 military generals led by Yu Dayou and Lu Tong, as well as more than 30 guards, weaving, guarding, surveillance, procurement, grain tax, and mining tax eunuchs. These people and their entourage alone reached two or three thousand.

But this is not a big head. There are also large gentry in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, and even more than 500 households came to congratulate them from Fujian, Shanxi and Shandong... and their entourages were four or five thousand.

The most outrageous thing is that there are even a dozen blonde and blue-eyed Westerners who don’t know where they came from. But their purpose is obvious, all of them are for the name of the silence of the maritime silence.

Finally, with relatives and friends, celebrities in this province, they need a thousand tables and a fraction of them!

To hold such a big banquet, you must invite a restaurant to organize it. For hotels in Shaoxing City, business is a good deal, but when the mansion talks about this matter with the bosses of each hotel, everyone looks at me, I look at you, stares at each other, and no one dares to follow up... Hundreds of banquets are already the limit of being able to organize. Now the number of tables has increased tenfold, and there are so many nobles, who can afford to make a fortune? The difficulty is more than a hundred times?

But this is not a request, but an order. You have to do it even if you want to do it, and you have to do it even if you don’t have to do it even if you don’t have to do it!

There was no way, the bosses of more than a dozen large restaurants joined forces to take over the job and launched a boss named Chai Shouli as a big shot, responsible for the centralized organization and dispatch.

First, there was a question of the venue. There were more than a thousand banquets, which no one could organize. He had to temporarily clear the square in front of the Chenghuang Temple and hold a banquet there...

Tables and chairs are also a problem. Even if all the hotels in Shaoxing City are empty, there are only seven or eight hundred sets of tables and chairs. There is no way, so I have to borrow them from each household. After finally getting more than a thousand pairs.

After preparing the tableware, cups and spatulas for serving dishes, I found that there were too few chefs. I had to hire more than 100 chefs from nearly four mansions and more than 1,000 chefs to help them, which solved the manpower problem.

As for the ingredients... ships of pigs, sheep, vegetables and vegetables drove from all over the province to the dock in front of the Chenghuang Temple, and were unloaded on the dock, processed on the spot, and prepared into raw materials for various dishes, and waited for this day to be used.

Fortunately, it's not summer.

On the morning of the seventh day of the lunar month, the dock became busy and turned into an oversized open-air kitchen.

Starting from the morning, the guests arrived one after another. It was still early before the meal time, so the guests could not wait. So they invited a famous opera troupe in Kunshan. When there were a little more guests, they began to sing operas to relieve the boredom of the guests who came first.

It was almost noon that the big men arrived one after another. When the new Southeast Governor Hu Zongxian, the new Zhejiang Governor Ruan E, the governor, the censor, and all the prefects appeared, nearly 10,000 people on the court greeted each other, the adults sat down. The magistrate of Kuaiji, wearing new robes, said loudly: "Seat!"

The guys who helped the kitchen carried long boxes and put plates of cold plates on the banquet, but these things were mainly good-looking... Although the sun was shining brightly today, and the winter in Shaoxing was not too cold, it was the twelfth lunar month after all, and no one wanted to eat a cold stomach, and they all wanted to come up quickly when the hot dishes were so hot.

In fact, when the "start" sounded, the chefs who had been waiting there were already soldiers who had received the order immediately began to put the food into the pot, fry, cook, and stew, and serve it on a plate in a blink of an eye! The hot dishes were served like running water.

Because the guests have different grades, the dishes are of course different. This time there are twenty seats for top-quality shark fins; fifty seats for medium-quality shark fins; one hundred seats for second-quality shark fins; there are no shark fins at first-class first-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-class second-

There must be differences in the ingredients used for each banquet, but the chef's skills determine the level of the banquet. Taking the most noble shark fin as an example, the lowest-class one is a "green shark fin" all over the table, a large fine porcelain ice plate, with a layer of 4-inch long shark fins neatly laid on top, and most of them are shredded chicken and cabbage at the bottom, which is neither rotten nor tasty. It is purely a popular but not a good meal. It is obviously the chef himself who has never made shark fins and is now learning cold dishes.

The medium-sized "big wings" are much better, and the high-quality "little wings" can be called a delicacy. It is obviously from the master of the Balloon Pige Tower.

As for the shark fins that are served on the main table, it is a different situation... Although it is also called "Cuigai Shark Fin", it is completely different from the use of ingredients to the workmanship! Choose the top-quality small wings and stew them in hen soup with low heat. When the heat comes, then wrap them with a large purple abalone, cloud legs, and the well-kept chicken with lotus leaves and put them in the ingredients to cook. It takes about an hour to cook, then replace the lotus leaves and cover them on top, steam them in a cage for a quarter of an hour, and then replace the lotus leaves and cover them on the dishes. This is the real Cuigai Shark Fin.

However, only the chef can get the dishes in this way, and only these most honorable guests can taste them.

The groom Shen Mo, the groom, had a big red flower on his black hat, followed his father in a sixth-grade dress, and started from the main table and toasted by the table. Although he didn't have to drink, after a thousand tables, the two of them were already weak and dizzy.

The old man can go home for a rest first, but Shen Mo cannot do it, because the winter is short and the sun is set for one hour. He has to hurry up and welcome the bride!

Why should we welcome this time? Because it is dusk now! Because the "marriage" of "wedding" is actually an individual word, the correct way should be - "hum ritual". Because dusk is when yin and yang intersect, the combination of men and women follows the will of heaven and is very good, it is called "hum ritual".

The Yin family was already confused and silent, wearing a big red court uniform, and taking the wedding party, and setting off. The Yin family was also in a mess... Only Ruohan's embroidery building was quiet.

Because just now, Ruohan worshipped her deceased mother and couldn't help but cry. The aunt next to her finally persuaded her and said, "We have to hurry up, look at the auspicious time."

Ruohan nodded, wiped away her tears, and said with red eyes: "Please trouble you." This day, the bride should cry, not crying and not being filial, so she doesn't have to care about crying like swollen eyes.

Ruohan held colorful yarns and rubbed them left and right. With the help of the twisted yarns, they rolled back and forth on her forehead repeatedly to remove the hairs of the forehead... Then the aunts helped to cut their forehead hair and temples, trimmed their eyebrows and lips to make up. This is called face-opening plastic surgery. A woman only had face-opening once in her life, which was on the day she got married.

After finishing the appearance of Ruohan, my aunts and aunts brought her pleasant crown and clothes! This is Ruohan's wedding dress! It is not the "phoenix crown and red robe" worn by my aunts and aunts back then, but the clothing that only a dignified fifth-rank lady can wear!

The aunts and aunts looked obsessed with the heavy beads, pearls, peonies, green clouds, green peony leaves, gold, silver and precious flowers, and dozens of them were decorated in the mountains. Just looking at it, it was dazzling. The big-sleeved dress was made of real red silk silk. The robe embroidered with clouds and mandarin ducks, which was extremely gorgeous...

When they finally looked away and looked at Ruohan, they were actually a little more envious and had a little jealousy. This is not difficult to understand. After all, for women, a decree is a symbol of status and the highest pursuit!

Soon they realized that they were wrong. The aunts and aunts quickly wiped their saliva, buried their jealousy in their hearts, and put them on Yin Yiren. However, they all secretly vowed to let their sons and grandchildren work hard, and to be an official in the future, and to earn a royal decree for me...even if it is an imperial decree, it would be fine.

Just after putting on Ruohan, he heard the sound of firecrackers in the front yard. The women said in unison: "The sedan chair is here!"

It was indeed the man's sedan chair for the wedding, but after the woman set off firecrackers to welcome the sedan chair, she immediately closed the door and stopped the sedan door. This is the woman's young man who wants to benefit the market. Although he will definitely break through, no one has done such a disgrace since ancient times!

After the man paid a considerable price and satisfied the people inside, the door opened again and the eight-carrying sedan chair finally hit the ground.

But what made the silence strange was that the door of the sedan chair was facing outward. He really wanted to remind him: 'Hey, buddy, how convenient is it to turn the sedan chair upside down?' But he remembered that he was just a puppet that was breathing for a while today, and thought to himself: 'The woman doesn't bother with her, so why should I worry?' He said to her lips and held back.

The woman came out with an uncle, holding a red candle in one hand and a bronze mirror in the other, and illuminating it into the sedan chair, which made Chen Si so depressed. Are you still afraid that there is not even a stool inside?

As the saying goes, "Landing is like a mountain, Shen Liushou has such a great knowledge, but he doesn't know that this is called "search sedan" to drive out the wronged ghosts hidden in the sedan. The reason why the sedan entrance is facing out is to avoid driving the ghosts into the house.

Then the man's wife went into the girl's house and urged her to get into the sedan chair. Because the woman pretended to be unwilling to get married, she had to urge her three times. So she took this time to go in and toast her father-in-law and a group of "people relatives". Because she had to give a big gift at dusk, she could not toast them one by one. Chen Si kowtowed to her father-in-law and toasted her alone, and the rest of them all toast them.

Mr. Yin’s mood today is a mixed feeling. He is happy for a woman to find a good son-in-law, and he is reluctant to give her baby to others, and he is sad to think of his wife. Finally, all kinds of emotions turned into a force, patting his son-in-law’s shoulder hard, and threatening in a low voice: “If you don’t treat my daughter well, look at me… look at me… not..." It’s hard to say “fight and kill” in this kind of life, but that’s what it means.

At this time, a shout from the backyard: "The bride is out!" Chen Si quickly avoided, rubbed his shoulders and waited outside... In fact, it was not necessary for him to come in to toast. He just thought that his father-in-law was lonely and pitiful, and if he didn't even say hello, he would take her daughter away. He was really not a son. So he went in, but fortunately no one dared to say anything about him.

Ruohan came out of the backyard with a big red veil. At this time, it was time for her mother to feed her to the sedan chair, which meant that she should not forget the kindness of nurturing. But now she could only be carried by her father and asked her aunt to feed her. However, this made her feel more and more sad and she could not stop her tears.

After finishing the meal at the sedan chair, Ruohan kowtowed to his father. Mr. Yin, who had always been stronger, finally burst into tears and turned around and said, "Get into the sedan chair and live a good life."

The father and daughter cried. The aunt and aunt helped Ruohan, who was crying, walked out of the gate and arrived in front of the sedan chair. The aunt cried, "Nan, I can carry it, it's loud! I'll go alone, bring a tide!" The aunt also cried, "I respect my parents-in-law and blessings, and my husband has food to eat..."

This made the silence of being a decoration on the side, and he said to himself: 'That's my wife, can I abuse it?'

Although he was saying goodbye, the bride still got into the sedan chair and could not move her hips after sitting down. This means "peace and stability".

Another woman from the woman, Fuquan, put a copper foot stove with charcoal and spices under the bride's seat. It's okay now in winter, but in summer, she must cover up a pp of prickly heat.

Then firecrackers were set off, and tea leaves and rice grains were used to spread the evil spirits on the sedan chair, and finally we could blow and fight and get up the sedan chair!

When the eight-carrying sedan chair passed through the street, it attracted countless people to admire it because ordinary people would sit in four-carrying sedan chairs when they got married - only the wife of the imperial decree could sit in eight-carrying sedan chairs.

Time calculations are very accurate. When the sedan chair enters the Shen family's gate, it is just the time when the sun sets in the west and the red clouds are everywhere. The Shen family opens the middle door, playing music and setting firecrackers to welcome the sedan chair.

The sedan chair fell and the music came to an abrupt end. The two county magistrates of Shanyin, Kuaiji, who served as ministers, stood at the door. One of them was "inspiring psalm" and the other was "tong psalm".

I heard the sound of the first one: "The groom stood in front of the sedan chair." Chen Si quickly got off the horse and stood in front of the sedan chair as he said.

Tongzan said again: "Start the sedan chair, the newcomer gets up." The sedan door was removed, and Ruohan, who had already sat half of her body, dared to move her waist for the indefinite urgency and stood up with her husband's arm.

Yin Zan continued, "The groom bowed!" Chen Si quickly bowed and asked his bride. The wedding girl handed the red silk with a big red hydrangea in her hand and handed it to the groom.

He still praised: "The bride and groom are straight in front of the flower hall." The two newcomers connected with red silk and red hydrangeas, men and women on the left and right, walked into the gate along the long red felt on the ground, and walked straight towards the main hall.

In front of the main hall, there were incense and candles and tablets of Chen Zuxian. A grain bucket was placed, containing grains, peanuts, and red dates. The word "Double Happy" was posted on it.

When Yin Pian said, "The bride and groom are in place." The two newlyweds were already standing at the altar.

Tongzan said, "The bride and groom bring in the incense." Someone gave the groom two bundles of incense, and lit them in silence, and then divided them into a bunch of them to Ruohan. At this time, he said, "Kneel and offer the incense!"

The two knelt down to the tablets of their ancestors, and kowtowed with Tongzan's order, then kowtowed again, and three times, worshiping the ancestors of heaven and earth.

"Two visits to the high hall!" Tong Pian said.

A couple kowtowed three times to Chen He who was sitting in the upper head and couldn't stop talking. Chen He's tears flowed down without any effort, and he couldn't even wipe them.

"Honey husband and wife bow to each other!" Chen Yu and Ruohan kowtowed each other three times! Since then, fate has been determined for three lives!

"After the gift, I will be sent to the bridal chamber!" With this fairy sound, the complicated ceremony of the ceremony was finally completed. Two little knives were carrying dragons and phoenixes and flowers in front of the walk, and the groom carried a colorful ball and silk ribbon to lead the bride into the bridal chamber. On the red carpet on the ground, there were five sacks, and the bride and groom's feet had to walk on the sacks.

After stepping over one, the man's wedding girls passed on it and followed it on the road. This is the legendary "transmitting the family line"! It also means "meeting the five generations".

After sending Ruohan into the bridal chamber, he was silent for a moment and was driven out by a group of wives. He had to toast to his close relatives and friends outside... At noon, the guests had basically dispersed, and only those who were particularly close would stay and attend this seat.

So those who stayed in the house are considered very close people... Hu Zongxian insisted on not leaving, Tang Shunzhi was there, as well as Master Shen, eldest son, Chen Jing who appeared with Hu Zongxian, and Chen Xiang, who represented Chen Lian. It can be seen that regardless of his or her superiority, he only depends on his relatives.
Chapter completed!